Dark Sentinel: Book one in the Sentinel Series by Adam Matlow

Author:Adam Matlow [Matlow, Adam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-11-02T00:00:00+00:00

Marcus awoke to a loud knocking on the door, he looked across to Vana’s bunk. It had been neatly made and was empty.

“Um, come in,” he said, wiping his eyes and blinking in the light streaming in through the open door.

A figure stood in silhouette, Marcus couldn’t work out who it was, his eyes were still adjusting to the light.

“Wakey, wakey,” came the voice of Amara. “We thought you deserved a lay-in, after everything you have been through. Come on, we’re having breakfast.” Amara turned and walked away, her footsteps echoing in the empty corridor.

Marcus took a few moments to compose himself, then followed her. As he got closer to the mess hall, a delicious smell of cooked meat and bread hit him. He couldn’t remember the last time he ate properly. His mouth watering, he picked up the pace and caught up to Amara as they passed through the double doors and into the mess.

Everyone was there, all sat around a large table, which was covered in a vast array of food and drink. Amara took a seat next to Doc, and Marcus headed for a seat next to Vana. She’d saved it for him.

“Thank god you’re up,” said Kali, “I’m starving, and these guys wouldn’t let me start until you got here.”

“Where did all this come from?” said Marcus, gesturing to the table full of food and drink.

“I may have snuck out earlier this morning,” said Kali. “There’s plenty of food up top in New Hope. Nobody is eating it, So I thought why let it go to waste?”

Doc chuckled as he tucked into the food on his plate. “She took one look at the rations we had left down here and headed straight for the surface,” he said. “Apparently rehydrated oats and water were not what she fancied this morning.”

“No, I fancied food,” said Kali. “Not some boil in the bag tasteless, probably mouldy oats.”

“Well I’m with Kali on this one Doc,” said Marcus.

“Let’s eat already,” insisted Kali as she started shovelling food into her mouth. Marcus looked at the array of food on the table, not knowing where to start. He picked up several pieces of fruit, some meats and bread - which he lashed with butter, and poured himself a large glass of fresh orange juice.

“I haven’t eaten this well since, well... ever,” said Marcus, “I can’t believe all this food was laying around up there.”

“Yeah, it seems people around here like to hoard. What are they expecting? Another apocalypse? I also took the opportunity to liberate a large quantity of alcohol. So, we can celebrate properly when we get back from this suicide mission of yours.”

“She ‘liberated’ so much it took her two trips to bring it all back,” smirked Amara.

Laughter filled the room, and soon they were all talking, conversations overlapping each other, as they talked about how they had all come to this point, and where it may all lead.

Doc in particular had many questions for Vana, mainly technical or scientific, which she didn’t seem to mind answering.

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